Packing-receptacle.



H. KUECHE1\UVIE1STEJ & A. A. SEIDEL.

PACKING RECEPTAGLEA APPLIOATION FILED 13120.19, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Snowdon FFF@ @TATFLS PATENT FFlQE.

HENRY KUECHENMEISTER .AND ARTHUR A. SEIDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PACKING-RECEPTACLE.

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Application filed December 19, 1912.

To all fio/7mm it mf/ i/ concern Be it known that we, HENRY KUnoiinN- MEISTER and ARTHUR A.. Saloni., of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Facking-Receptaeles, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to receptacles in which substances in granular or other form are packed for shipment and sale upon the market, suoli, for example, as cans or boxes for coffee, tea andsalt in quantities to be delivered to the customer at retail, and is designed to provide such receptacles with a discharge spoilt, which will enable the contents of the box or can to be readily removed in small quantities, as they are desired for use Vby the consumer, but which shall, at the same time, preserve the can in an efficiently sealed condition for shipment and on the shelves of the retailer, and furthermore which shall preserve the contents of the can in a fairly well sealed condition during the use by the consumer.

A further object is to provide a lcan of this character which can be cheaply manufactured, and which shall be convenient for use by the consumer.

lVith these objects in view, the invention consists of a suitable receptacle of fibrous or other material having a discharge spout secured within the receptacle to one of the walls thereof, whether it be an end wall or a side wall tothe end that the wall may be severed by the consumeralong two sides and the forward end of thev receptacle, and the spoutthen turned outward with the material of the wall acting as a hinge. By this means, a spout is provided which leaves the receptacle effectually sealed for transportation and handling until it reaches the consumer. Preferably, the receptacle has means such as a dotted line, for example, on the exterior face of the wall, indicating where the wall is to be eut to enable the spout to be turned outward into discharge position; and also, there is preferably provided some means which may be grasped by the operator to turn the spout outward into'its discharge position, though this is not essential, since a knife-blade may be inserted in the cut at, the end of the spout opposite its hinge for so turning the spout. The means for facilitating the opening may be any suitable strap or other means that may be grasped by the operator, but preferably the saine con- Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914-.

Serial No. 737,707.

sists of a projection on the end of the spout opposite the hinge, which normally projects through an opening in the wall of the ieceptacle in position to be utilized hv the operator for swinging the spout into discharge position when the wall has been cut, as indicated above. Preferably, though not necessarily, this projecting member is in the forni of an olt'set nose on the forward end of the discharge spoilt, which projects outward through a slit formed in the wall of the receptacle, with the nose lying parallel willi, and in intimate contact with the out-er wall of the receptacle, so that said nose, the oli'- set portion and the bottom of the spout witliin the receptacle forni an ellicient seal or closure for said slit.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, some of which, for the purpose of illustrating the invention, are shown in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be expressly understood that such drawings are for the purpose of illustration only, and are not designed to define the limits -of the invention, reference being had to the appended claims for this purpose.

In said drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the top portion of a receptacle having the spout applied thereto in position for shipment or storage; Fig. 2 is ak transverse section on the line 2*2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. Q, but showing the spout in open or discharge position; and -5 Fig. 4 is a perspective view Referring to the gures, in which like reference numerals indicate like pai-ts, 1 is a receptacle of any suitable material, such as wood fiber, for example, having a` slit 2 formed in one of the walls thereof, here shown as one of the end walls.

3 is a spout of any suitable material, preferably of sheet metal such as tin, having a floor or bottom portion 4 with side walls 5, 5, formed by bending the material at approximately right angles to the floor 4. The rear ends of the walls 5 are provided with any suitable stops 6, 6, and the upward and forward edges of the side walls are struck on a curve, as at 7, 7. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the bottom wall is provided with teeth 8 struck out of the body of the metal, and the forward end of the bottom wall l has an offset, as at 9, and projecting from said offset is a nose 10.

The spout shown in Fig. 4 is secured to fore the end Wall has been secured to the body of the receptacle, or after it has been secured and While the opposite end of the receptacle is open by inserting nose l() through the slit- 2, forcing the teeth 8 through the Wall of the receptacle, and turning the same down, as shown in Fig. l, the Whole operation being performed in any suitable manner, as by means of a stamp which not only serves to force the teeth S through the Wall of the receptacle and clench the same, but also to force the bottom Wall of the spout snugly against the interior face of the wall, and the nose l0 snugly against the exterior face of the Wall so as to effectively close the slit 2.

Preferably, moans are employed to indil cate `on the exterior' of the receptacle the outline of the bottom Wall of the spout, such means being here shown in the form of dotted lines 1l, With the Words Cut here adj accntl to the side lines.

In the position shown in Fig. l, it Will be seen that the receptacle is sealed practically air-tight, and that all that is necessary to enable the spout to be used as a discharge spout is to cut along the dotted lines ll, ll, and grasp the nose 10, turning the spout outward to the position shown in F ig. 3, the material of the Wall of the receptacle serving as a hinge, and the stops 6 engaging the inner face of the Wall to limit the outward turning movement ofthe spout.

It will be observed that the receptacle equipped with the spout as described is efliciently sealed, no part of the Wall of the receptacle being removed to apply the spout, the sealing, therefore, being as effective as when no spout `Whatever is applied, and at the same time there isf provided a cheap, easily applied and readily operated dis,- charge spout to facilitate the removal of the contents of the receptacle.

The invention is-not limited to the specific materials nor dimensions of the parts indicated in the above description, nor to y the particular location o f the parts as shown in the drawings for the purpose of illustrating the invention, since` it is apparent that the' spout Jmay be attached to any desired Wall of the receptacle, and in any suitable or desired position, and that the recepytacle and the spout may be of any suitable materials. f

What is claimed is l. The combination of a receptacle having a slit in one of its Walls, a discharge spout, means securing said spout to the interior face of the Wall of the receptacle adjacent said slit, and an offset nose on said spoutI extending through said slit `and lying parallel with the outer surface of said Wall.

2. The combination of a. receptacle closed except for a slit in one of its Walls, a discharge spout secured to the interior face of said Wall adjacent to the slit, an oifset por- Y tion of said spout extending through said .slit to the exterior of the receptacle and -ly- Witnesses:

M. lVLMURPHY, L. R. SILL. 

